Fishhook holder



July 4, 1950 WARREN 2,514,110

FISHHOOK HOLDER Filed July 15, 1949 PAT WARREN (Z? d if?! 9 Zhwentor (Ittorneg Patented July 4, 1950 1 OFFICE FISHHOOK HOLDER j] Pat Warren,-Fort Worth,-*Tex.' Application July 15, 1949, Serial 104,928

3 Claims.

This invention relates to fishing lines such as described in my copending application, Serial No. 69,695, filed January 7, 1949, and has particular reference to a fish hook holder and protector.

An object of the invention is to provide a simplified construction whereby primary lines having short lines and hooks attached thereto may be conveniently handled so as to prevent tangling and hooking the fishermans hands when setting out, baiting, and reeling in such lines.

A particular object of the invention is to provide fish hook holders along a primary line and positioned relatively near the connected short lines, and which holders are constructed and arranged in such a manner that the spring action of the hooks may be used for detachedly holding the hooks thereon.

These and other objects will become apparent from the following detailed description of exemplary forms of the invention, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, where- Figure 1 is an illustration of a river and showing a trotline embodying the present invention thereacross and with the length of said line having the attached short lines beneath the waters surface.

Figure 2 is a perspective View showing a broken length of the primary line and a short line attached thereto, together with a holder mounted on the primary line and engaging the hook of the short line.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the holder illustrated in Figure 2, and showing the position of a hook detachably secured therein.

Figure 4 is an elevation taken at a right angle with respect to Figure 3, and particularly showing the slot for receiving the hook.

Figures 5 and 6 are views of the respective ends of the holder illustrated in Figures 1 through 4.

Figure '7 is an elevation, similar to Figure 4, of a modified form of the invention.

Figures 8 and 9 are sectional views taken on lines 8-8 and 9-9 of Figures 7 and 4, respectively. m

The form of the invention illustrated in Figures 2 through 6 is comprised of an elongated body In having a longitudinal opening II through its length for receiving the primary fishing line I2. There is one such body Ill for each short line [3 attached to the primary line I2, and each body is spaced from the knot M where the short line is tied to the primary line. The distance between the body In and the knot I4 is substantially equal to the length of the nearby 2 and associated short line I3. The width of the longitudinal opening II is preferably substantially equal to the diameter of the primary line i2 so as to frictionally locate each body It] thereon.

It is well known that conventional fish hooks, such as I5, are usually made of spring steel and that their barbs I5a are not parallel with their shanks I512. The present holder is provided with a slot It in the length of the surface of the holder In to receive the fish hook shank 15b. One end of the body l0, and at one side of the longitudinal opening I I, there is a recess I! to receive the hook barb I5a. On the opposite end of the body It! there is an enlarged notch I8 in the end of the shank receiving slot l6 so as to partially receive the eyelet I of the hook IS.

The length of the body I0 and the depth of the barb receiving recess I! are such that the eyelet I50 may be engaged in the notch l8 by placing the barb I5a in said recess and, by pulling on the line I2, the eyelet I5c may be positioned within said notch. It is to be understood that within the scope of the present invention the notch is not absolutely necessary as the eyelet I50 will tend to rest against the adjacent end of the body in around the end of the shank receiving slot I6.

The form of the invention illustrated in Figures 7 and 8 includes the described elongated body II], the opening I l therethrough, the shank receiving slot l6, and the barb receiving recess H. The second described form of the invention diifers from the first in that the shank receiving slot I6 is diagonally undercut, as at l9, to receive and lock the hook shank 15b which, by reason of its conventional construction tends to move in the direction of the diagonal undercut. The hook I5 is attached in the same manner as described for the first form of the invention, and diiiers therefrom in that substantially the full length of the shank 15b is better secured by reason of its position in the diagonal.

In operation, the hooks I5 are attached to the bodies III in either of the described manners when the line I2 is being set or being reeled in. The hooks are removed from the bodies III for baiting after the line has been set, and the hooks I5 are replaced in the bodies when the line is taken in. Thus, tangling of the hooks I5 with the short lines I2 may be avoided, and the fisherman is in very little danger of being barbed.

The invention is not restricted to the constructions illustrated and described, but may be made in many ways within the scope of the appended claims.

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7 body being provided with an opening through the length thereof and for receiving said primary line. a slot in the surface of said body substantially parallel with the length of said opening and adapted to receive the length of the shank of said hook therein, and a recess in one end of said body and located to receive the barb of said hook.-

therein, the length of said body and the depth of said recess being such that the eye of said hook may engage one end of said slot when the barb is in said recess and whereby said hook may be retained on said body under spring tension.

2. A fish hook holder as defined in claim 1, and wherein said body includes an enlarged recess in the shank receiving slot and located in the end of the body opposite the barb receiving recess.

3. A fish hook holder as defined in claim 1, and wherein said body includes a diagonal undercut in the shank receiving slot.

PAT WARREN.

R FERnnoEs'o TED v The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,158,947 Purdum May 16, 1939 366,800 J Watson July 19, 1887 

